Improvement in water-elevators



A. P. HUMBLB. Water-Elevator.

No. 214,393. Patented April I5, 1879.

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ALAXANDER F. HUMBLE, OF MCMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ELEVATORS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,393, dated April 15,1879 application filed January 30, 1879.

4:ing drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates particularly to that class of water-elevators whichare used for drawing water from a well to the house; and it consistsmore especially in the construction of the carriage and the means forpreventing the carriage from falling oft' the track, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, to which reference is made, Figure 1 is a sideelevation, partly in section, of my invention. Eig. 2 is a perspectiveview ofthe carriage.

A represents the track upon which the carriageB moves, which track maybea rod or wire cable, and is supported upon orin posts C C1, as shown.The post Cl should be lowr enough, so that the bucket suspended from thecarriage will, when the carriage 1s at this point, get into the water inthe well; and the post C may be of any desired height, so as to bringthe carriage to a proper position for emptying the water. To this post Cis connected a suitable windlass, D, to which the well-rope a isattached, the other end of said rope being attached to the carriage Band passing over a pulley, b. in the slot ofthe post C.

The carriage B consists of a metal rod, bent as shown in FigJZ, to forma lower center-bar, with hook d, for attaching the bucket F. The ends ofthe rod are turned upward, and then bent to form suitable sockets orboxes at e c for the insertion of rollers h h, which are mounted on pinsor bolts therein. The ends of the rod then form the hooks i i, as shown.At the boxes c the two ends of the rod are connected by a bar, k, tokeep them in proper position, and to one end of this bar is attached abumper, m, to strike against the post U1 when the carriage runs down thetrack B.

Between the posts C C1 is anotherv post, C2, and this post is connectedwith the post Cl by a rod or wire, n, so arranged that when the carriagepasses the post C2 downward the rod a will lie in the hooks z' t' of thecarriage. The object of this is to prevent the carriage from tiltingover from the track While the bucket is being filled from the well.

To the post C2 is attached a bracket, G, with roller p, over which thewell-rope will pass, and an L-shaped arm, I, is attached to the post,above this bracket, to prevent any disarrangement of the carriage.

When the bucket is filled from the well the carriage is moved, by meansof the windlass, up the track to the house and emptied, and by simplyloosening the windlass the carriage may be allowed to go back to thewellby its own gravity.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a water-elevator, the carriage B, constructed as described, withthe hooks it', in combination with the auxiliary rod or wire u, for thepurposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of the track A, carriage. B, with hooks t' t',windlass E, well-rope d, and auxiliary rod or wire n, substantially asand for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALAXANDEB F. HUMBLE.

Witnesses:

A. SMITH, JOHN L. DAVIS.

